"Damn." Ash thought to himself. "I bet when I fell through the Necronomicon's portal, it warped me here...somehow. Shouldn't be a big problem to get back...find the book, read the words, then I go home." Inuyasha snarled a bit and raised an eyebrow. He still didn't trust this Ash person and if he wasn't secretly concerned about Kagome's wrath, he would have wasted him a long time ago.
"Whoa, hold on just a second..." Ash suddenly realized something, something that didn't quite make sense. "If I'm in Feudal Whatever Japan, then how do you know what S-Mart is?"
"Well, you see, I'm actually from modern times, but one day I found this well and..."
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha interjected. "You just met this guy and all of a sudden you want to just confess every little thing we know so far? You have to be crazy!" Kagome opened her mouth to defend herself, only to have Ash cut her off. "Hey dog-breath, I think the girl can speak for herself! Maybe if you just shut your damn yapper for one damn minute..." Ash wasn't in a good mood and Fido with his red MC Hammer Pants wasn't helping his mood any.
"I don't think I asked for your opinion, now did I?" Inuyasha growled, raising his ridiculously large sword to Ash's chin. Not to back down, Ash thrusted the still running chainsaw to Inuyasha's chin, the spinning blade inches away. "I don't really give a rat's ass, buddy." he exclaimed. The two were ready to wage war on each other. The Tetsaiga versus the S-Mart WoodPro 9000 Chainsaw. And it would have happened too if Miroku hadn't stepped between the two, his voice calming and reassuring.
"Gentleman, please! This is no way to conduct ourselves." Miroku turned to Ash and smiled. "Ash, is it? Please tell us, how did you end up here in our time?" Ash scowled at Inuyasha one last moment before turning off the chainsaw for the first time since he arrived. Keeping his eye on Inuyasha, he slowly turned to face Miroku. "Long story short, I went on vacation with my girlfriend. We went to his cabin, see? And while we were there, I found this book, called the Necronomicon and through a strange twist of events, it sent me here. Warped me through some sort of portal. I'm guessing it fell here with me, though I have no idea where to even begin looking."
Miroku never heard the last bit of Ash's sentence, as soon as the word "NECRONOMICON" was uttered, his skin turned deathly pale. "Did you say Necronomicon?" he asked, his lips ashen grey. "Yeah, why?" Ash inquired. "Heard of it?" Miroku merely sat down, leaning against a nearby tree, as he sighed deeply. "I always thought it was just a rumor. Legend tells of a book bound in human flesh and written in blood. It is said that whoever posses the book has the power to resurrect demons and...to unleash Hell upon the living, whatever that means. I don't think I'd like to find out."
Kagome and Sango gasped in horror, Miroku still stared straight ahead, his face unblinking. Tired of the resulting uncomfortable silence, Inuyasha spoke up "This book can't be all that powerful! It's just a damn book, after all." Miroku merely shook his head "I'm afraid not, Inuyasha. The power of Necronomicon is much greater than anything you could ever imagine...even more powerful than the Shikon Jewel itself..."
"That can't be!" exclaimed Sango, her voice carrying worriment and dread. "What if Naraku were to get ahold of it?" The whole party seemed extremely concerned about the news Miroku has just shared, everyone that is, except for Inuyasha. "Hmmpph!" he snorted, returning the Tetsaiga to it's sheath. "I'll be damned if I'm going to believe that some stupid book is more powerful than the Shikon Jewel."
"Hey believe whatever you want, Rover," Ash snapped, "but the fact remains that the Necronomicon probably came with me to your time and if I ever wanna get home, I need to find it." "Perhaps we could be of some help?" Kagome added. "We could help each other. You help us find the Shikon Jewel shards and we'll help you find the Necronomicon."
Ash cocked an eyebrow at this inquiry. "And just how long is this going to take? And what the hell is this Shikon Jewel thingie?"
"IT WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL!" hissed an all too familiar voice. The entire party whirled around to be greeted by none other than the demon Kagura. "KAGURA!" InuYasha hollered as he charged into battle. He brought his Tetsaiga out of it's sheath and swung it at Kagura's direction. "BACKLASH WAVE!" he shouted as the sword erupted a massive wave of energy towards her. She merely smirked as the wave hit her full force, sending her flying back and crashing into a nearby house, splintering it into a thousand pieces. "That wasn't so hard...a bit too easy..." Inuysha thought out loud, keeping the Tetsaiga ready. What seemed like forever passed by, merely a minute or so, before Kagura arose from the wreckage of the house, laughing. Her voice was different, though. It was darker, more sinister. Her skin too had changed. It had dark purple veins criss crossing in jagged patterns, the skin itself a rotting grey color. Her once crimson eyes were now completely white.
"I don't know what you're up to, but you're not getting away with it!" hollered Inuyasha as he leaped in the air, ready to bring the Tetsaiga down on Kagura. Instead she merely lifted her hand up and caught Inuyasha by the neck, squeezing his wind pipe so hard, he dropped the Tetsaiga. Kagura scowled, spitting up a white gooey substance in Inuyasha's face. Miroku charged in with his staff, Sango not far behind with her Hiraikotsu, both of them attempting to save Inuyasha's life. But as soon as they were close to Kagura, rotting, decomposed hands burst through the ground, grabbing the two by their legs, pulling them into the earth.
Kagura howled with demonic laughter, her voice sounding even less like her own. "Jooinnnn usss..." she hissed as she lifted a razor sharp fan to slit Inuyasha right down the middle. All the dog demon could manage to croak was "HUGHGHUAHGHGLLALA" his vision fading, the very breath of life in him slowly fading. Kagome watched in shock, tears streaming down her face, too scared to try anything. As Kagura lifted the fan high in the air, a loud "BOOM!" rang out across the countryside, taking everyone by surprise. The fan blew out of Kagura's hands, shattering into to pieces. Furious, she dropped Inuyasha who immediately began to gasp for breath, as she searched for the source of her fury.
She found it.
Ash stood in front of her, about 10 yards from her, whisps of smoke crawling out of the double barrels of his boomstick shotgun.
"YO! SHE-BITCH!" he hollered. "LET'S GO!"